The English (平装)
分類: 图书,进口原版书,History(历史),Europe(欧洲),England,
品牌: Jeremy Paxman
基本信息出版社:Penguin (2007年9月6日)平装:320页正文语种:英语ISBN:0141032952条形码:9780141032955产品尺寸及重量:19.2 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm ; 182 gASIN:0141032952
商品描述内容简介Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is sometimes forced to ask: who or what exactly are the English? And in setting about addressing this most vexing of questions, Paxman discovers answers to a few others. Like: Why do the English actually enjoy feeling persecuted? What is behind the English obsession with games? How did they acquire their odd attitudes to sex and to food? Where did they get their extraordinary capacity for hypocrisy? Covering history, attitudes to foreigners, sport, stereotypes, language and much, much more, "The English" brims over with stories and anecdotes that provide a fascinating portrait of a nation and its people.媒体推荐Intelligent, well-written, informative and funny...A book to chew on, dip into, quote from and exploit in arguments Observer Bursting with good things Daily Telegraph